The pie charts illustrate the weekly reading habits of journal articles among three distinct categories of readers at an Australian university.
Overall, most students preferred reading between 1 and 5 articles each week, while the majority of Ph.D. scholars opted for more than 12. Junior lecturers tended to read between 6 and 11 articles on a weekly basis.
In more detail, just over two-thirds of all students reported reading 1 to 5 journals per week. Approximately 20% indicated that they read between 6 and 11 articles, while the remaining 12% read more than 12 articles.
Among the Ph.D. students, a significant 80% read over 12 articles, whereas only 5% stated that they read just 1 to 5 articles. The proportion of those who preferred reading between 6 and 11 articles was 15%.
Only 1% of junior lecturers reported reading 5 or fewer articles, compared to a substantial 75% who read between 6 and 11 articles. Roughly a quarter of these junior lecturers indicated that they read over 12 articles each week.